278. The field of life and death at the bottom of the ancient locust tree
Shimiao Village is more than ten miles nearby, which is a relatively large village, because there are several large families in the village, so someone came forward, and everyone gathered enough money and food to build a fence around the village.
This fence is more than enough to prevent small bands of thieves, and when you really encounter a murderous rogue, it is no different from a layer of paper.
Shi Tai staggered down from the old locust tree at the entrance of the village, and then rang the broken bell hanging on the locust tree with all his might.
The hoarse bell is very gloomy, and it is not a good omen. As a result, the village, which had been relatively quiet, became even quieter in an instant, as if all the people were holding their breath and listening to the terrible sound of the bell.
Then one by one with spears, machetes, and even birds poured out, Jianghuai area, there was originally a wind of group training, in the past two years, the rogue has repeatedly approached, there have been many officials and gentry to the court, asking the court to allow the people to run their own group exercises, more surnames are anxious, looking at Yu Guozhen's achievements, but also organize their own children, practice Chengren militia of different numbers. The Fu family in Shimiao Village is everyone, and there have been several characters in the ancestors, so they performed this militia of nearly 100 people.
However, although he has also acted and hired a martial artist to be the head of the sect, these more than 100 villagers are still too weak to confront the Liukou.
"Shi Siwa, what are you knocking on?" An old man shouted at Shi Tai with a tasseled gun.
Shi Taiyuan is also surnamed Fu, but the first three brothers all died early, and his mother took him to worship the stone temple in the village as his father-in-law, which allowed him to survive. But this kid's life is hard, he lived, but he killed his parents, and now he is helping people herd cattle and sheep in the village and doing small work, relying on the help of the clan to raise so much. He was thin and not tall, but he was extremely flexible, and when he heard the question, he pointed to the west and said, "There are thieves, there are thieves coming!" ”
"Thieves?"
The face of the old man with the tasseled gun trembled, he was the big Fu family in the village, there was a son who was lifted, and there were dozens of tenants in the family who took refuge, plus the clansmen, he could be regarded as the number one person in this vicinity.
"Yes, a lot, five or six hundred, I'm watching from the tree!"
Shi Tai looked extremely nervous, he didn't like to pay a big family, although he was the same clan, but he refused to spit out after swallowing the two acres of land left by his parents, but he didn't like the Liukou even more, these times I have heard people talk about the ferocity of the Liukou, that is, yesterday, there were refugees who fled from other villages, and when they begged for water in the village, they said that the Liukou passed through the village!
"Everyone be careful, close the gate of the village, let the rogues come in, guard the gate, and send someone to patrol in the middle!" Fu Dahu had already asked Xiucai in the village how to deal with the thieves when they came, and now although he was nervous, he still ordered them one by one.
When the villagers responded in a noisy, they also saw the figure of the thief.
Although 600 people does not sound like much, the hedgehogs gathered at the entrance of the village are also a large number of people. Moreover, the thieves also brought nearly twenty carts, and when they arrived at the gate of the village, they were not in a hurry to attack, first blocking the road in front of the village with the carts, and then a first-class Kou approached with a smile.
"Everyone in the village listens to our Lao Tzu, our Lao Tzu is the general who opened the way under the front Zhengyin pioneer officer under the account of the reincarnated king! Obediently open the gate of the village, we Lao Tzu only go in to collect grain and not kill people, if we Lao Tzu dozens of times, the gate is still closed, and there are no chickens and dogs left in this village! ”
When he shouted, there were cowards in the stockade, and they all looked at Fu Dahu. The big man still had the courage, he pulled a nephew of his family: "Tell him, if you want food, you can get ten stones from our village, and if he is not satisfied, you can add it to twenty stones!" ”
The nephew shouted, Liukou sneered, turned around and said: "It's too much to say earlier, take charge of the plate, let's do it, this village is full of fools who toast and don't eat and drink, let's be merciful and send them to reincarnation as soon as possible." ”
With these words, a strange sound was heard among the thieves, and immediately after, the smell of grease and sulfur began to spread.
"First strike!" Seeing that the situation was not good, Fu Dahu said loudly: "Release the arrow, release the gun!" ”
But how could he get past these rogues first, and before he could finish shouting, the sound of the bowstring vibrating had already been heard.
Dozens of rockets split up into the village, it was winter, the weather was dry, some of the rockets fell on the thatched roof, some fell on the bullpen, and any of them fell into the flammable place, and they caught fire in an instant.
Shi Tai looked back and saw that he was now living in a thatched hut at the head of the village, so the first one to burn was his house. His eyes suddenly cracked: "My house is on fire!" ”
Not only him, but among the more than 100 villagers, three or four families are all on the line, and the houses in this village are very dense, and there are no ones now, so I am afraid that I will not be able to escape after a while!
"Fight the fire!" A villager threw down the tassel gun in his hand and turned around to put out the fire, followed by two or three people who abandoned their weapons and wanted to return.
Fu Dahu was very angry, and went up and kicked a person: "Idiot, the rogue has entered the village, everyone's lives are gone, and I'm worried about your tattered belongings!" What is burned, Lao Tzu will pay for it! ”
The villagers came to their senses and came back in a panic to grab their weapons.
Fu Dahu looked outside the village, and they also released more than a dozen guns and arrows, but they didn't see any thieves fall to the ground. There was something strange in his heart, his neck couldn't help but stretch a little longer, and then he heard a string sound, and a light and shadow flew by, and he wanted to hide in his heart, but he couldn't do it too late, and a miserable scream from the person fell to the ground.
The tail feathers of the arrow trembled over his head.
He was shot to death, and the village was suddenly left without a backbone, and the villagers, who had been messing around with guns and arrows, immediately let out a shout and fled in all directions.
Seeing this scene in the cart, the jumping tiger smacked his lips: "Our Lao Tzu is rampant in the world, no one dares to be, where is there a man in this small village!" ”
With a wave of his hand, the thieves began to shout and press towards the village, which was no longer guarded, and the villagers were scurrying like headless flies, so that they were barely hindered, and easily flipped in. Immediately after that, the gate was opened, and more rogues poured into the village.
Then a catastrophe struck the village.
Instead of rushing to the front to get the best woman as usual, the jumping tiger stayed at the head of the village, not only himself, but more than a dozen cronies around him, also drove the cart over with him.
The carts stood in front of the village, creating a barrier. Seeing this, the jumping tiger let out a sigh of relief, and a cruel smile appeared on his face: "Look at whether the Wuwei tiger cub will come, if it doesn't come, then it's best, next time it won't be our turn to come out to lure the enemy." ”
"It's best to come, the King of Reincarnation has promised the benefits of holding the plate!" The cronie next to him said: "Besides, if you don't take care of this guy, you always feel like you ...... sleep."
At this point, the Jumping Tiger waved his hand violently, signaling them to remain silent, and then fell to the ground and listened.
Amid the chaotic sounds of the village was the faint sound of the earth shaking. The jumping tiger changed his face and stood up: "It's coming!" ”
"Sound the gong, let them all relax!"
The gong sounded, and the rogues who had been frantically copying and killing in the village were stunned, and then began to gather reluctantly, and before they could get together, they shouted: "Hold the plate, why do you call everyone back?" ”
"That's it, I'm cool, those girls have so big breasts!"
"Yu Guozhen is here!" Jumping Tiger said coldly: "It's all for me to guard here, we have reinforcements, as long as we can hold on for half an hour and don't let Yu Youhu enter the village, then everyone will have a heavy reward today!" ”
He shouted, but he didn't know that on the old locust tree above his head, a dark and thin young man was silently crawling towards the outside of the village.
The old locust tree was so leafy that it covered almost a corner of the village. Shi Tai was accustomed to climbing on it, and quietly climbed to the side of the village along a branch sticking out of the fence on it, and then turned over and jumped down. At this time, he had already seen the dust in the distance, thinking that it was the famous Wuwei tiger cub, Shi Tai wiped a handful of tears, and rushed towards that side.
It didn't take long for him to see two hundred horsemen, dressed in green armor and black helmets, looking imposing. He stretched out his arms in the middle of the road, and shouted: "I want to see the Wuwei tiger cub, I want to report, I want to report!" ”
The two hundred horsemen surrounded him, and a knight with bright eyes looked at him and said, "You want to see my son-in-law?" ”
"The rogues have damaged our village, he is waiting for the tiger cubs in our village, they have an ambush!" Shi Tai shouted.
Although he had never studied, he was still quite smart, and he spoke clearly and eloquently, and he explained things clearly in three or two sentences. After shouting, the black-helmeted knight with shining eyes stared at him for a few moments, and then said in the local dialect: "Is this true? ”
"Really!"
He didn't know why the black-helmeted knight had asked this question again, but when he had answered, the knight beckoned to him, then turned his horse's head and led him to the back.
Then he saw a mighty man riding on a tall horse. Beside the strong man, there was another man, who pushed the visor from his helmet up, revealing a face that had no beard. It seems that this person is only sixteen or seventeen years old, and only those eyes make people feel as deep as the night sky, which is extremely special.
"I am Yu Guozhen." The man calmly said to Shi Tai, "Thank you for bringing me the news. ”
Shi Tai remembers this scene all his life, especially the word "Xie".
He helped people herd cattle and sheep in the village, no one said a word of thanks to him, Fu Dahu annexed his family's two acres of thin fields, and never said a word of thanks to him. Today, he came to report a message to Yu Guozhen, this famous man Yu Guozhen, who is far more famous than their village, is a great man in his eyes, but he said "thank you" to him very sincerely!
"There's a trap." When Shi Tai was stunned, Yu Guozhen raised his head and looked at the village that was still filled with smoke: "It's a pity, we came one step late, the village has already been occupied, they must have used those big carts to block the front of the village, so that we can't break in, as long as we are contained, the army that will come later will arrive ......"
"I have a way to get into the village, and the village has a back door!" Shi Tai heard this and suddenly shouted.
(To be continued)